N.C. State has added a home-and-home football series against Marshall, with the Thundering Herd playing at Carter-Finley Stadium in 2017 and the Wolfpack traveling to Huntington, W.Va. in 2018.

The agreement, which was announced on Marshall’s athletic website, is the third signed by State with a nonconference football opponent this summer. The Wolfpack previously added two-game series’ with power conference schools Mississippi State (2020-21) of the SEC and and the Big 12’s West Virginia (2018-19).

“The reality is that not all ACC schedules are created equally,” Yow said. “We need to balance a very challenging conference slate with the right philosophy for our program’s growth.

“Non-conference scheduling provides additional opportunities, but is a more complicated process than people might suspect. You want to strike a balance between overall schedule strength, opportunities for competitive growth, an attractive home slate, marquee matchups for exposure and more. We’ve added really attractive games in the future, while mixing in a number of opponents that will help our young team continue to develop.”

Here how the Wolfpack’s future schedules stack up over the next decade: